BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Current Position:
Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Joint Appointment, Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences

Education:
B.A., Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, 1978
M.A., Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, 1982
Ph.D., Psychology, Washington University, 1990

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cochlear implantation and spoken language development in the young deaf child (click for more information)

Curriculum Vitae:

PUBLICATIONS:
Nicholas, J.G. and Geers, A.E. (2007). Will they catch up? The role of age at cochlear implantation in the spoken language development of children with severe to profound hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 1-15.

Nicholas, J.G. & Geers, A.E. (2006). Effects of early auditory experience on the spoken language of deaf children at 3 years of age. Ear and Hearing, 27, 286-298.

Nicholas, J. G. and Geers, A. E. (2006). The process and early outcomes of cochlear implantation by three years of age. In P. E. Spencer & M. Marschark Eds.), Advances in the Development of Spoken Language by Deaf Children. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nicholas, J. and Geers, A. E. (2004). Effect of age of cochlear implantation in receptive and expressive spoken language in three-year-old deaf children. International Congress Series: Special Issue, Cochlear Implants. Proceedings of the VIII International Cochlear Implant Conference. R. T. Miyamoto (Ed.), 1273C, 340-343.

Nicholas, J. G. and Geers, A. E. (2003). Hearing status, language modality, and young childrenšs communicative and linguistic behavior. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 8(4), 422-437.

Geers, A.E., Nicholas, J. G., & Sedey, A.L. (2003). Language skills of children with early cochlear implantation. Ear and Hearing, 24 (Suppl), 46-58.

Nicholas, J. G. and Geers, A. E. (2003). Personal, social, and family adjustment in school-aged children with a cochlear implant. Ear and Hearing, 24 (Suppl), 69-81.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Johanna G. Nicholas, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave
Campus Box 8042
St. Louis, Mo 63110

Phone: (314) 747-7172
Fax: (314) 747-7230
Email address: jnicholas@wustl.edu